Koonung Park provides an important function in Manningham’s open space network as a sporting and recreation facility. The Reserve contains a sportsground, community tennis courts, exercise equipment, playground (2-8 years), toilets, treed open space and a hall for hire (Koonarra Hall).

Koonung Park adds to the ‘green’ buffer between the Eastern Freeway and residential area and the Red River Gums in the south-west corner are an important element. The Reserve is accessible from the adjacent Koonung Creek Linear Park, nearby bus stops, early childhood learning centre and the local street network.
 

Places and spaces

• Sportsground - football and cricket (turf wicket)
• Community tennis courts free to the public
• Koonarra Hall (available for hire)
• Toilets
• Barbecue
• Off street carpark
• Bulleen Cricket Club
• Bulleen Cobras Football Club
• Playground
• Exercise equipment
• Drink fountain
• Access to Koonung Creek Linear Park (shared trail)
   

Koonung Park playground

This playground offers play opportunities for all ages, in a lovely park setting under some large gum trees. Bring a footy along as well to test your skills on the handball game. The playground is very close to the Koonung Creek Linear Trail, offering a great excuse to extend your park visit with a walk or bike ride.

Suitable age group: 2-10 years
 

Exercise equipment

Exercising at your local park is a great way to improve health and wellbeing. Koonung Park is one of three reserves in Manningham to have exercise equipment installed as part of a grant from the State Government's 2015 Community Facility Funding Program. The exercise and stretching equipment suitable for adults includes a sit up bench, power bike, cross trainer, free runner, push up bars and a body flexor.
 

Community tennis courts

There are three community tennis courts that are free for the public for recreation use. No bookings are required but please observe the following rules:

• Please apply a 30 minute rotation when people are waiting to use a court
• Professional tennis coaching is not permitted. Penalties apply.

Public transport

There are various bus routes along nearby Thompsons Road, Bulleen. These include bus routes; 200, 905, 305, 203, 205, 280. 

Facilities for hire

Koonung Park offers football ground and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for bookings and fees.

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Morang Reserve is a large 0.7 hectare undulating informal open space. 

Morang Reserve is part of the informal linear connection of parks from Pleasant Reserve to Birrarung Park via Sheahans Reserve, Morang Reserve, the Kimberley Way footpath and Kimberley Reserve. 

The Sheahans Reserve Development Plan 2011 sets out the future development of Morang, Sheahans and Pleasant Reserves. Improvements to Morang Reserve include planting of street trees, reserve trees and a path upgrade.

Public transport

Bus Route 280 - Manningham Loop stops outside the Reserve on Sheahans Road and Morang Avenue.

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Wonga Park Reserve is the hub of the local community and comprises 7.7 hectares of open space. The reserve caters to sporting competition and recreation activities including cricket, netball, tennis, walking and jogging, BMX, playground, barbecues, picnics and connecting with nature.

Places and spaces

• Soccer field
• Cricket pitch
• Bushland areas
• Wonga Park Community Centre
• Community hall
• Car parking
• Public toilets
• Two outdoor netball courts
• Tennis courts and club house
• BMX track
• Three playgrounds
• Two barbecues

Enter from either the community centre on Old Yarra Road or Launders Ave, Wonga Park.

Playground

There are three playgrounds at Wonga Park Reserve.

The playground between the tennis courts and community hall caters for children aged one to seven years, with a junior play unit.

The playground overlooking the main sportsground and next to the barbecues is more challenging with fun climbing, swinging and balancing opportunities.

The Gooligulch playground is based on the  Graeme Base book My Grandma Lived in Gooligulch. This playground allows children to ride kangaroos, befriend wombats, emus and other characters under the watchful eye of Grandma.

BMX track

This popular facility provides a place for young people to come together and improve their BMX skills on a dirt bike track. Three jump circuits of varying skill levels are provided and jumps should not be modified to exceed 1.5 metres.

• Beginners between 0.3 - 0.7 metres
• Intermediate between 0.5 - 1.0 metres
• Advanced between 1.0 - 1.5 metres

Sports clubs & community groups

• Burch Memorial Pre-school
• Wonga Park Community Cottage
• Wonga Park Cricket Club
• Wonga Park Netball Club
• Wonga Park Playgroup
• Wonga Park Tennis Club
• Wonga Park Wizards Junior Football Club (soccer)

Bring your dog

This is an off lead reserve where dogs may be unrestrained provided that the dog is under effective control and not within 15 metres of the playground, barbecue or a sporting event.

Facilities for hire

Wonga Park Reserve offers soccer and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for bookings and fees.

View availability

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The 5.7 hectare Ted Ajani Reserve provides sporting, recreational and meeting facilities for Bulleen and Lower Templestowe residents and the wider community. The reserve offers facilities for tennis, cricket, football, scouts, community groups, two community halls, and a children’s playspace, and as such is very densely developed. 

Ted Ajani Reserve also plays an important role in the network of pedestrian links and safe crossing points over major roads, with links to the south via David Road to the Manningham Road pedestrian overpass, and an off-street link to the Thompsons Road pedestrian crossing. It is important to ensure that the link between David Road and Manningham Road is retained into the future. 
 

Places and spaces

• Playground
• Exercise equipment
• Toilets  
• BBQ
• Carpark
• Drink fountain
• Shelter
• Basketball and netball courts
   

Clubs and Groups

• Bulleen Tennis Club
• Bulleen Templestowe Cricket Club
• Bulleen Templestowe Amateur Football Club
• Bulleen Templestowe District Junior Football Club
• 1st Lower Templestowe Scout Group
• Ajani Centre
• Onemda
• Living and Learning @ Ajani
• Ajani Community Hall (for hire)
   

Ted Ajani playspace

Located on Hazel Drive, the playground is accessible to the surrounding local residents.  Play opportunities include a combination unit with a track glide and slide plus swings and a see-saw. Check out the exciting balancing and rotating play equipment suited to older children.

Suitable age group: 1-14 years
 

Exercise equipment

The outdoor exercise equipment was installed in partnership between Council and the Victorian Government to encourage residents to get active in their local parks in Manningham. The equipment is easy to use and has been designed for adults of all ages and fitness levels. Some of it has been designed by physiotherapists to improve the health and well being of older adults to prevent falls and maintain independent living, by improving their balance, hand eye coordination and movement in the joints such as shoulders, wrist and fingers. The equipment is available everyday for community use.
 

Car parking

Main carpark entry via Thompsons Road.
 

Bring your dog

Off lead reserve, except within 15 metres of playground, BBQ area or where a sporting event is in progress.

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This is a great place for kids to explore and immerse themselves in the outside world.

Discover the sculptures dotted around the trails in the bush. Landscapers, sculptors and artists have helped create a natural play space for kids to explore at Currawong Bush Park. Can you spot the kangaroo? Play in the woven cubby, curl up in the giant nest or count the ants the echidna is about to eat.

See if you can spot the native birds, lizards and frogs on your adventure, or maybe you will be lucky enough to catch sight of a  wombat, or koala. 

Stay for a bite to eat and enjoy a picnic in the bush, or cook up a feast using the onsite barbecue.

Places and spaces

There are many tracks around the park to explore on foot. Our self-guided walks will familiarise you with different areas such as the scar tree and the billabong:

• All Manna of Gums Walking Guide – Takes you along the Mullum Mullum Creek via the Mullum Mullum Trail and Currawong Bush Park
• Currawong Bush Park Walks are a series of eight walks, each focusing on different aspects of the reserve. All of these walks start and finish at Currawong bush Park. Downloading the audio guides will enhance your Currawong experience
• Mullum Mullum Trail is popular with nature loving cyclists and walkers. The trail runs on the other side of the Mullum Mullum Creek and is connected to Currawong Bush Park with a pedestrian bridge just north of Reynolds Road.
• Conference Centre available for hire for your next functions, meetings or seminars

Getting there and car parking

You can park your car at one of the two carparks from the Reynolds Road entrance.

• The first carpark is at the top of the driveway and is closest to the conference centre.
• The second carpark is closer to the park, you will find the carpark further along the road.

Walk to the park and enjoy the surroundings. Cross the pedestrian bridge near the Mullum Mullum Trail north of Reynolds Road. This track forms part of a 4.5 kilometer circuit walk through the park or for a shortcut, take the driveway to the central area.

Take the bike and use the pedestrian bridge from the Mullum Mullum Trail and the vehicle track from Arnold Drive. To protect the park and animals that live here, you can only use bikes on vehicle tracks.

Please also check the weather before arriving, the park will be closed on total fire bans days.

Please don't bring your dog

Dogs are not allowed at Currawong Bush Park because it is a protected habitat.

Fire safety at Currawong Bush Park

All Manningham reserves are closed on days of total fire ban, or higher extreme or catastrophic Fire Danger Rating. Visiting a reserve on these days places you at risk and potentially in danger.

To check the current Fire Danger Rating or find out if it’s a total fire ban day, go to the CFA website. 

Report an issue

Please let us know if you notice anything unsafe, like a broken tree branch or damaged playground.   

What we do to reduce fire risk at Currawong Bush Park

Finer fuels such as leaf litter, tree branches and twigs raise the level of risk within reserves. Large fallen trees require a much higher level of heat to burn and provide habitats for native wildlife.

Here are some actions we take throughout the year to reduce the fire risk at this reserve:

• create and maintain fuel breaks within the reserve
• maintain grass heights with slashing, brush cutting and tractors year round
• remove fine fuels such as loose and fallen branches
• annual inspection and maintenance of Fire Access Tracks, to ensure emergency service vehicles can access the reserve
• inspect access points, gates and locks

We manage 20 per cent of the land in Manningham, but the other 66 per cent is privately owned. Visit the CFA website for information on how to prepare your private property for fire.

Safer Together

Watch the video below to learn more about:

• different types of vegetation
• how a fire may behave within the reserve
• how to prepare for a fire

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Wittons Reserve is a large reserve (4.83ha) located along the Yarra River between areas of the Warrandyte State Park. It has already been identified as a major recreation activity node. It also is an important conservation area because of the remnant vegetation on the site and its wildlife corridor function.

The Reserve and the State Park are popular for many outdoor activities including canoeing, swimming, bush walking and picnicking.  There is also a small playspace consisting of a swing set only.  The canoe launch provides a very popular canoeing/kayaking day trip from Homestead Road to Wittons Reserve.  The popular walk to Mt Lofty features spectacular views and the chance to see such wildlife as kangaroos and koalas.

Places and spaces

• Yarra River
• Canoe launch
• Bushland
• Swing
• Picnic tables
• Off street parking

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Children can have fun on the swings, spinner and combination unit. Enjoy the views or roll down the steep hill. St. Denys Reserve is close to Wonga Park shopping strip with an informal pedestrian link between St. Denys Crescent and Yarra Road, via the adjacent church property.

Suitable age group: 3-8 years

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